The traditional end-of-year conference to be held by the Goethe-Institut Budapest, the Center for Independent Journalism, and the Hungarian Editors’ Forum aims to provide an overview of the challenges news media face during election campaigns. Speakers and panelists at the event will focus on the following topics: How to cover political parties professing populist and extreme views in the light of the recent Dutch, French, German, and Austrian elections? How do fake news and conspiracy theories spread on social networks affect professional journalism? How to disclose political manipulation when covering election campaigns? How to contribute to a meaningful dialogue between politicians, citizens, and journalists?

The conference will be held in English and Hungarian, simultaneous translation will be provided. We kindly ask you to register by submitting this registration form by Monday, 27 November 2017. For further information, please write to foszerkesztok@gmail.com